Paul has a problem, it emerges. On this reasonably balmy summer's evening in Apsley, it quickly becomes the main topic of conversation. He has just three days to score enough plants and flowers to fill a battered Honda estate. At minimal cost. Can I help him, he asks - do I have contacts within the horticultural press? Alas, no. And our cumbersome print deadlines mean that by the time you read this, the moment will already have passed, so even raising awareness cannot aid him. I feel helpless. Paul, part of newbie sustainability consultant Inbuilt's housing team, has been the victim of a particularly dastardly crime - mass plant theft.
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